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Kōrero: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth

Hei tiki

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Hei tiki

He īnanga pounamu tēnei hei tiki. I whakairotia tēnei tiki i waenganui i te tau 1500 me te 1850. E kī ana ētahi ka ahu mai te hei tiki i a Hineteiwaiwa. Kei ētahi ko te tangata tuatahi tēnei ko Tiki.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hope Tupara, Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth – Traditional practices – pregnancy and birth, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27621/hei-tiki (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hope Tupara, i tāngia i te 23 March 2011, updated 1 June 2017.